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| Broadly speaking, a '''dialectic''' is an exchange of propositions ([[thesis]]) and counter-'''''propositions ([[anti-thesis]])resulting''''' in a synthesis of the [[opposing]] [[assertion]]s or at least a qualitative transformation of the direction of the [[dialogue]]. A recent dialectic was ''[[Dialectic of Enlightenment]]''. When using the word "dialectic" philosophers usually refer to either the [[Socratic dialectic]]al method of [[cross-examination]]; or to [[Hegelian Dialectic|Hegel's dialectical model]] of [[history]]; or to [[Marxist dialectic]]. | Broadly speaking, a '''dialectic''' is an exchange of propositions ([[thesis]]) and counter-'''''propositions ([[anti-thesis]])resulting''''' in a synthesis of the [[opposing]] [[assertion]]s or at least a qualitative transformation of the direction of the [[dialogue]]. A recent dialectic was ''[[Dialectic of Enlightenment]]''. When using the word "dialectic" philosophers usually refer to either the [[Socratic dialectic]]al method of [[cross-examination]]; or to [[Hegelian Dialectic|Hegel's dialectical model]] of [[history]]; or to [[Marxist dialectic]]. | ||
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| - | ==Marxist Dialectic== | ||
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| - | [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] believed Hegel was "standing on his head", and claimed to put him back on his feet, ridding Hegel's [[logic]] of its [[idealism|idealist]] orientation, and conceiving what is now known as [[materialism|materialist]] or [[Marxism|Marxist]] dialectics. The dialectical approach to the study of [[history]] then gave rise to [[historical materialism]], the school of thought exemplified by the works of [[Karl Marx|Marx]], [[Engels]], [[Lenin]], and [[Trotsky]]. Dialectical method came to be seen as the vital foundation for any Marxist politics, through the work of [[Karl Korsch]], [[Georg Lukacs]] and certain members of the [[Frankfurt School]]. | ||
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| - | Under [[Stalinism]], Marxist dialectics developed into what was called "diamat" (short for [[dialectical materialism]]), a system of thought which became increasingly dogmatic and thus intellectually bankrupt due to the overpowering influence of its attendant political ideology. Some [[Soviet]] academics, most notably [[Evald Ilyenkov]], did continue with philosophical studies of the marxist dialectic free from ideological bias, as did a number of thinkers in [[the West]]. | ||
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| - | <i>See also:</i> [[Dialectician]], [[Universal Dialectic]] | ||
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Broadly speaking, a dialectic is an exchange of propositions (thesis) and counter-propositions (anti-thesis)resulting in a synthesis of the opposing assertions or at least a qualitative transformation of the direction of the dialogue. A recent dialectic was Dialectic of Enlightenment. When using the word "dialectic" philosophers usually refer to either the Socratic dialectical method of cross-examination; or to Hegel's dialectical model of history; or to Marxist dialectic.
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